title: Secondary depression: observations in alcoholism, Briquet's syndrome, anxiety disorder, schizophrenia, and antisocial personality. A form of comorbidity?
abstract: This article deals with the diagnostic issue of secondary depression and relates it to the broader question of comorbidity. The primary focus of the article is to summarize certain data supporting the validity of the concept of secondary depression; these data are used to point up an appropriate strategy for studying comorbidity involving psychiatric disorders.
authors.affiliation: Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri.
authors.forename: S B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Guze
mesh_terms: D000987:Antisocial Personality Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D015897:Comorbidity; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000175:diagnosis; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology; D013001:Somatoform Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*